Last Updated on Saturday, 5 September 2026, 19:32 by Writer
The 39-year-old labourer, who stole 90 feet of heavy duty copper cable from the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge, was Friday jailed for 12 months, police said.
Roy Morgan, of no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to simple larceny of GY$1.620 million worth of cable between August 23 and September 1.
After Morgan was arrested, he told investigators that he sold the cable to a scrap metal dealer in Albouystown to buy food and narcotics.
The scrap metal dealer, 51-year-old Mustafid “Mustaf” Pashaw, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, was charged with receiving stolen articles.
He was arrested on Wednesday at Sussex Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.
He appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #5 before Magistrate Faith McGusty, where the indictable charge was read to him.
He was not required to plead and was subsequently granted bail in the sum of G$300,000, with the condition that he reports to the Ruimveldt Police Station on the third Friday of every month.
The matter was adjourned to October 2.
